Patentable/Patents/US-9613962
US-9613962

Fin liner integration under aggressive pitch

PublishedApril 4, 2017
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Inventorsnot available in USPTO data we have
Technical Abstract

A method of forming a fin liner and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming silicon (Si) fins over negative channel field-effect transistor (nFET) and positive channel field-effect transistor (pFET) regions of a substrate, each of the Si fins having a silicon nitride (SiN) cap; forming a SiN liner over the Si fins and SiN caps; forming a block mask over the pFET region; removing the SiN liner in the nFET region; removing the block mask in the pFET region; forming a diffusion barrier liner over the Si fins; forming a dielectric layer over and between the Si fins; planarizing the dielectric layer down to the SiN caps in the nFET region; and recessing the dielectric layer to expose an upper portion of the Si fins.

Patent Claims
20 claims

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1. A device comprising: silicon (Si) fins formed over negative channel field-effect transistor (nFET) and positive channel field-effect transistor (pFET) regions of a substrate; a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) liner over the Si fins in the nFET region; a dielectric layer disposed between a lower portion of the Si fins, leaving an exposed upper portion of the Si fins; and a siliconborocarbonitride (SiBCN) liner disposed between the SiO 2 liner and the dielectric layer, and directly on a bottom surface of the dielectric layer.

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2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the exposed upper portion of the Si fins in the pFET region comprises silicon germanium (SiGe).

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3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the SiO 2 liner in the nFET region is disposed between the SiBCN liner and the Si fins.

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4. The device according to claim 3 , wherein the SiO 2 liner has a thickness of 1 nanometer (nm) on opposing sides of the Si fins.

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5. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a SiN liner disposed on the Si fins in the pFET region between the SiBCN liner and the Si fins.

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6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the nFET channel region is doped with boron (B).

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7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the dielectric layer comprises SiO 2 .

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8. A device comprising: silicon (Si) fins formed over negative channel field-effect transistor (nFET) and positive channel field-effect transistor (pFET) regions of a substrate, each of the Si fins having a silicon nitride (SiN) cap; an oxide liner formed over the Si fins in the nFET region; a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) dielectric layer disposed between the Si fins, leaving an exposed upper portion of the Si fins; and a diffusion barrier liner disposed between the oxide liner and the SiO 2 dielectric layer, and directly on a bottom surface of the SiO 2 dielectric layer.

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9. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the diffusion barrier liner comprises siliconborocarbonitride (SiBCN).

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10. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the SiO 2 dielectric layer is densified by way of annealing.

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11. The device according to claim 8 , wherein an upper portion of the Si fins in the pFET region comprise silicon germanium (SiGe).

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12. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the oxide liner comprises SiO 2 disposed between the SiBCN liner and the Si fins.

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13. The device according to claim 12 , wherein the SiO 2 liner has a thickness of 1 nanometer (nm) on opposing sides of the Si fins.

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14. The device according to claim 8 , further comprising: a SiN liner disposed on the Si fins in the pFET region between the diffusion barrier liner and the Si fins.

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15. The device according to claim 8 , wherein the nFET channel region is doped with boron (B).

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16. A device comprising: silicon (Si) fins formed over negative channel field-effect transistor (nFET) and positive channel field-effect transistor (pFET) regions of a substrate, wherein an upper portion of the Si fins in the pFET region comprise silicon germanium (SiGe); a silicon dioxide (SiO 2 ) liner over the Si fins in the nFET region; a SiO 2 dielectric layer disposed between a lower portion of the Si fins, leaving an exposed upper portion of the Si fins; a SiN liner disposed on the Si fins in the pFET region between a diffusion barrier liner and the Si fins; and a siliconborocarbonitride (SiBCN) liner disposed between the SiO 2 liner and the SiO 2 dielectric layer in the nFET region, between the SiN liner and the SiO 2 dielectric layer in the pFET region, and directly on a bottom surface of the SiO 2 dielectric layer.

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17. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the SiO 2 liner in the nFET region is disposed between the SiBCN liner and the Si fins.

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18. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the SiO 2 liner has a thickness of 1 nanometer (nm) on opposing sides of the Si fins.

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19. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the nFET channel region is doped with boron (B).

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20. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the pFET channel region is doped with phosphorous (P).

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Filing Date

June 3, 2016

Publication Date

April 4, 2017

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